Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN
FAST RESCUE BOATS
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Every lifeboat shall have fitted on the inside a lamp or source of light to
provide illumination for not less than 12 hours to enable reading of survival and
equipment instructions; however, oil lamps shall not be permitted for this
purpose.
Every lifeboat shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, be provided with
effective means of bailing or be automatically self-bailing.
Every lifeboat shall be constructed and fitted so that an adequate view,
forward, aft, and to both sides is provided from the control and steering position
for safe launching and maneuvering.
h) Equipment
All items of the lifeboat equipment, whether required by this section or
elsewhere in this standard, with the exception of boat-hooks which shall be kept
free for fending off purposes, shall be secured within the lifeboat by lashings,
stored in lockers or compartments, stored in brackets or other similar mounting
arrangements or other suitable means.
The equipment shall be secured in such a manner as not to interfere with
any abandonment procedure.
All items of the lifeboat equipment shall be as small and of as little mass as
possible and shall be packed in a suitable and compact form.
The normal equipment, unless otherwise stated, shall consist of:
- sufficient oars to make headway in calm seas, hole pins,
crutches or equivalent arrangements attached to the boat by lanyards or chains
shall
be provided for each oar,
- two boat hooks,
- a buoyant bailer and two buckets,
- a survival manual,
- a binnacle containing an efficient compass which is
luminous or provided with a suitable means of illumination. In a totally enclosed
lifeboat, the binnacle shall be permanently fitted at the steering position; in any
other lifeboat, it shall be provided with suitable mounting arrangements,
- a sea anchor of adequate size fitted with a shock
resistant hawser and tripping line which provides a firm hand grip when wet. The
strength of the sea anchor, hawser and tripping line shall be adequate for all sea
conditions,
- two painters, manila or other suitable line, having a
diameter of not less than 255 mm diameter and of a length equal to not less than
twice the distance from the stowage position of the lifeboat to the waterline in the
lightest seagoing condition, or, 15 m, whichever is greater. One painter shall be
attached to the release device at the forward end of the boat, and the other
painter shall be firmly secured at or near the bow of the boat ready for use,
- two hatchets, one at each end of the boat,